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Sustainable Job Posting: Sustainability Manager at Lyft - San Francisco, California
Position Overview: Lyft is seeking a Sustainability Manager to implement Lyft’s sustainability initiatives, integrating sustainable practices throughout the company. Reporting to the Director of Sustainability, you will help to set the strategy and ensure that the company's sustainability efforts enhance business performance and...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student Last updated: 08/09/2018 + Show |
Sustainable Job Opportunity: Sustainable Pittsburgh, Executive Director
POSITION OVERVIEW The new Executive Director will be the successor to the founder, who served as Executive Director for 20 years. The Executive Director will be able to think at the macro level, while acting locally to meet development goals. Contributing to the global sustainability agenda requires a scaled approach – one that is...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student Last updated: 08/09/2018 + Show |
Fresh Energy is hiring! The company is looking for an energy efficiency expert to lead our Energy Performance program, and a guru to lead communications work. Program Director, Energy Performance Job overview and requirements: Are you deeply interested in securing efficiency-related policy change at the state legislature and regulatory...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student Last updated: 08/09/2018 + Show |
Sustainable Job Opportunity: Greenovate Boston Communications Manager
Overview: Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job): Greenovate Boston is the Mayor’s initiative to engage all Bostonians in the City’s climate action goals, while continuing to make Boston a thriving, healthy and innovative city. Our team works with the community to define and implement the City’s Climate Action Plan....
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By Eileen Flynn // Student Last updated: 08/09/2018 + Show |
Eco Neighborhoods: Milwaukee Wisconsin’s Sustainability Toolkit
Milwaukee Wisconsin has brought teamwork to their sustainability campaign. Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office has developed an Eco-Neighborhoods Toolkit to help make the process of becoming a green city even easier. On the Official website of Milwaukee, the city lists five easy steps a city must take to be listed as an...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student Last updated: 07/28/2018 + Show |
Companies and Cities Joining the Movement Away from Plastic Straws
The first time I was exposed to the dangers of plastic waste negatively affecting my environment was when I was 14 years old. I watched a video of a turtle, rescued from our oceans, with a plastic straw stuck in his nose. “Say No to Plastic Straws” was the headline to this viral video and was the start to a very powerful movement that...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student 1 reply Last updated: 07/18/2018 + Show |
The Next Generation of Housing – Prefabricated Homes
Traditionally, the process of constructing a house takes place on the same piece of land where the house will stay when completed. Construction teams travel to the same outdoor site for months and are forced to deal with space restrictions, weather conditions and other outdoor distractions. Most people are familiar with this way of home building...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student 1 reply Last updated: 06/28/2018 + Show |
For more than a decade now, Philadelphia has been spreading its famous city love through the community in a different, and very important, way. The city acts as an inspiration for other towns throughout America looking to build green and create a sustainable environment for their citizens. In 2009, Philadelphia embarked on a mission to make their...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student Last updated: 06/22/2018 + Show |
The World’s First Floating Wind Farm - Hywind's Promising Start in Scotland
Off the coast of Scotland, five turbines are stationed sporadically creating the world’s first offshore wind farm known as Hywind. Each tower stretches 575 ft. high and is anchored to the seabed and kept upright by 3,000 liters of sea water and 5,500 tons of ballast acting as a spar buoy. What was first labeled as a trial for floating turbines...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student Last updated: 06/15/2018 + Show |
Reducing our Daily Use of Plastic
Plastic is something we come into contact with multiple times a day, whether it’s when we order our coffee in the morning, pack our lunch for work or pick-up take out from our favorite restaurant for dinner. It’s too normal for us to use a plastic container and expose of it after one use and not think anything of it. Plastics do not...
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By Eileen Flynn // Student Last updated: 06/06/2018 + Show |